As such, I’m not very trusting of some of the “universal” transmission fluids like Wolf’s Head that are essentially made for large-volume shops to fill a single flush machine with one type of fluid (as opposed to having to drain and swap specific to the type of car). Some fluids have higher spec numbers and are made to be backwards-compatible with previous specifications, for instance: Dextron VI supercedes all previous specs and my Dex 3 spec Mercedes gets the 6. Transmission fluids have a multitude of properties concerning viscosity, heat tolerances, and a whole bunch of other engineery stuff that I’m not privy to in my limited gray matter. Transmission fluid is some pretty impressive stuff when you pause to consider the kind of work it does, and as such, you most certainly should change it whenever the manufacturer recommends and with whatever fluid the manufacturer recommends. Once it’s burnt/brown, it certainly DOES need to be replaced, but any prudent owner would change it before that. Pfern: You should certainly NOT wait until the transmission fluid starts to smell burnt or turning brown, by that point, the band material has already started to wear and excess heat has changed the constitution of the fluid.
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